Table 6.

Maternal Jail Time Predicting Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Logistic Regression Analyses

Adolescent Outcome:	Stopped by Police	Arrested/Charged/Convicted	Sent to Corrections	Run away	PINS	Smoked Cigarettes	Used Drugs/Alcohol	Problems with Drugs/Alcohol
Treatment status a	1.05 (.60-1.86)	.43* (.21-.90)	.87 (.20-3.87)	3.23* (1.23-8.48)	.49 (.20-1.23)	1.19 (.65-2.19)	.92 (.53-1.58)	1.17 (.85-3.47)
Maternal marital status b	.52* (.28-.98)	.32** (.13-.75)	2.98 (.48-18.69)	1.71 (.67-4.40)	.89 (.32-2.53)	.91 (.47-1.76)	.45** (.25-.82)	.72 (.34-1.51)
Maternal education	.86 (.67-1.10)	.80 (.59-1.10)	.66 (.36-1.23)	.65* (.46-.91)	.70+ (.47-1.04)	.92 (.71-1.20)	1.00 (.79-1.26)	.91 (.68-1.21)
Maternal age	1.09 (.98-1.22)	1.10 (.95-1.27)	1.06 (.80-1.41)	1.02 (.87-1.19)	.94 (.77-1.15)	.97 (.86-1.10)	1.07 (.96-1.19)	.97 (.85-1.11)
Prenatal primary care visits	1.12* (1.02-1.24)	1.10 (.97-1.26)	1.04 (.79-1.36)	1.06 (.92-1.23)	1.14 (.96-1.35)	1.08 (.97-1.20)	1.04 (.95-1.14)	1.10 (.97-1.23)
Prenatal smoking	1.00 (.96-1.03)	1.03 (.99-1.07)	1.05 (.98-1.13)	1.02 (.98-1.07)	1.02 (.96-1.07)	1.03+ (1.00-1.07)	1.01 (.98-1.05)	1.01 (.98-1.05)
Child gender c	3.91** (2.19-6.98)	2.05+ (.97-4.34)	2.04 (.41-10.14)	.88 (.38-2.02)	1.02 (.41-2.56)	.83 (.46-1.51)	.70 (.41-1.19)	.76 (.39-1.49)
Maternal Jail time d	5.96** (1.59-22.35)	1.17 (.28-4.90)	11.81* (1.26-110.63)	7.03** (1.70-29.12)	1.32 (.23-7.59)	1.85 (.55-6.21)	.71 (.22-2.31)	.72 (.14-3.62)
Step 2 χ2	7.93**	.04	4.24**	6.69*	.09	.94	.32	.17
Model R2	.20	.15	.15	.17	.11	.05	.06	.06
Model χ2	39.34**	21.95**	9.44	22.24**	12.71	8.63	10.95	8.29

Note: When maternal race was included as a predictor, we found that adolescents whose mothers were ethnic minorities were slightly more likely to be stopped (OR = .42 (.16-1.09), p < .10).

^a1 = treatment group;

^b1 = married;

^c1 = male;

^d1 = any instance;

^**p ≤ .01,

^*p < .05,

⁺p < .10.